My Week

It was a singularly uneventful week, other than finally getting my new glasses and having lunch with a dear friend. Mr. Bookwyrm and I watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier (which was really good) and finished up the new Cosmos series, and I’m watching Campion: ‘Mystery Mile’ (I got the second set for Christmas.)

I put some of my free time to good use and pulled together a list of book fairs, book festivals, and book-related conventions. The list is aimed at readers, not writers, but there are links to lists for writers. It’s a new page on my blog; you’ll find the tab below the header. I hope you’ll find it useful! If you know of local book festivals I didn’t put on there, please let me know.

I’ve left most of my review slots empty for next week, because I’m doing the COYER Scavenger Hunt readathon. Hopefully I can get the books not only read but reviewed; if not, I’ll put a review or two out of storage.

50 Responses to “Sunday Post – 1/25/15”

I read One Wish yesterday. Good luck with the Scavenger Hunt. I am keeping this week open with the baby coming. Oh I hope Twas the Night Before Christmas is good..I do love Jeffrieskimbacaffeinate recently posted…Sunday Post #144 Bookish Problems

I don’t blame you for keeping this week open… just read whatever you want whenever you have time. As for the Sabrina Jeffries, I’m looking forward to reading it, but I can’t decide whether to read it soon or save it for the 2015 holiday season. Have a great week, and I’m praying for that grandbaby to come soon and for a healthy mom and baby!

I have the 1st and 2nd Thunderpoint series and am looking forward to getting to them and Death and the Redheaded Woman oh yeah and Dogwood Hill. Oh and that’s a Sabrina Jeffries I haven’t read yet. Aack! So many books I need to read! Have a great week!Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library recently posted…This Week in Reading – January 25

Isn’t that always the way? I love the Sunday Post because I get to catch up on reviews I’ve missed and see what other good books are out there that I might want to read… but it sure plays havoc with my TBR list! Have a great week and I’ll be by shortly!

I love the covers of Shadow scale and Uprooted, but I’m afraid I haven’t read any of these books. Heard a lot of good about Sabrina Jeffries, though ! Good luck on your COYER, enjoy your new glasses 😉Red Iza recently posted…The sunday post #6 : lazy week

I was literally squealing with joy when I got each of those approvals – I’ve been waiting for Shadow Scale for so long, and I love Novik’s Temeraire series, so I can’t wait to see what she does with a dragon in a YA fantasy.

Yay for new glasses! 🙂 I’ll have to check out your book fair etc links! I’m always interested in going to those kinds of things, but I just mostly don’t have enough information about availability. 🙂 So this is great. I haven’t read anything by Robyn Carr and I wish I’d read Seraphina when it released, but both are still on my TBR list. Have a great week!

I needed the prescription change – not so much for distance but definitely for reading. (Yes, I’m in bifocals these days.)

One of the reasons I put together the book festival list is that I would like to go to more of them myself. I’m lucky to live not too far from Washington, DC, so I have gone to the National Book Festival once and the Baltimore Book Fair once, but there are others I could get to if I knew when they were. And I figured there were other people who would feel the same way. I’m hoping people will contact me about local festivals that I can add to the list.

I keep putting off getting new glasses. I need to get them soon since I am sometimes squinting with them on.

I’m also doing the COYER scavenger hunt. I’m a slow reader because of work so I’m aiming for the higher points. This is a fun challenge so I hope we both do good!Kathy @ My Nook, Books & More recently posted…Weekly Wrap-Up 39

Definitely time to get new glasses, if you have to squint in the old ones! That was my problem, too. Good luck with COYER and the scavenger hunt. It’s going to be fun. I’ve got some books that should fit several categories for higher points, too.

Oh, I’m glad you like the list! It took all day to put together, but I wanted one, and I couldn’t find a really comprehensive one, so… I took the lists I could find and then searched for other festivals. I’m sure I’m missing a bunch, but hopefully people will tell me about more.

Good luck to you with COYER, too, if you’re doing it. I haven’t been as focused as I should be – I went on a rereading binge – but I’m getting back to it now. The Scavenger Hunt helps.

Thanks, Yvonne! I hope it will be helpful. As for Kindle books, I have so many books to read already that I’m trying not to pick up new ones unless I really want to read them… which still yields me a fair few most weeks!

We liked Captain America too. And nice con list- I got some ideas there of cons I’d like to go to, a few I wasn’t aware of. Shadow Scale and Uprooted both look interesting.Greg recently posted…Sunday Post #79

I think it’s so great that you have reviews “on storage”, lol 🙂 I can barely keep up with my GR reading challenge for the year (in fact, I’m pretty sure I’ve already fallen behind…) All my respect and admiration for someone who can read and review so many books. Well done!Ramona recently posted…Zen Monday: I Write, Therefore…

Thank you! At the moment, I have a whopping 1 review in storage, and 1 non-review post, but I’m trying to build it back up again. I had about 5 or 6 last year, but ended up using them all during weeks when (freelance) work was too hectic to write posts. They tend to be reviews of older books, books that have been out for several years (or decades), so they’re not too time-sensitive.

I agree; The Winter Soldier was one of the best Marvel movies yet. And as my daughter pointed out, it’s a movie with a hero and a heroine who aren’t romantically involved. They’re allies who become friends. And she’s just as capable as he is, and just as crucial to their success. All those things are really rare in the movie world.

I have been super busy the last two weeks… took a trip to TX and there was no time for the internet. I am going to check out your book event list. I really want to do some bookish things this year.Angie @Angela’s Anxious Life recently posted…Find Momo by Andrew Knapp Review